Abstraction

1917

John Marin

Associated Names
John Marin

Artist, American, 1870 - 1953

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John Marin, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    overall: 41.4 x 48.9 cm (16 5/16 x 19 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1986.54.99

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reich 1970, 17.2

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Reich, Sheldon. John Marin: A Stylistic Analysis and Catalogue Raisonné. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1970, no. 17.2.

1990

  • Fine, Ruth E. John Marin. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1990, p. 177, pl. 167.

Inscriptions

lower right in watercolor: Marin 17; center verso in watercolor: John Marin / 1817; center verso in graphite: (Abstraction) / 16 1/4 x 19 1/4; upper right verso in graphite: NBM 2/3/84 / SR 17.2; lRv// in graphite: 1 - Z

Wikidata ID

Q64582961

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